The Confidence Interval for a Single Coefficient in a Multiple

question 45

Multiple Choice

The confidence interval for a single coefficient in a multiple regression

• A)makes little sense because the population parameter is unknown.
• B)should not be computed because there are other coefficients present in the model.
• C)contains information from a large number of hypothesis tests.
• D)should only be calculated if the regression R2 is identical to the adjusted R2.

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